Suited Up

This weekend we took an impromptu trip to Park City.
It was perfect to just get out of town, do a little shopping, relax.
Of course, the kids favorite part was being able to wear the swim suits the Easter Bunny gave them to the indoor swimming pool.

They looked much better without the pj's and snow....

Lost and Found

Luke couldn't find his flip flops today.
He distinctly remembered kicking them off in front of the tv.
He searched EVERYWHERE, even behind the tv.
(He's a good kicker, plays soccer ya know.)

Apparently, Paislee had taken care of them for him...

Hey Mama, Hey Mama

We "jam out" to this song EVERY time it comes on in the car.
It has become "our" song.
Makes me smile EVERY time.

I know, one thing, that I love you!
I love you, I love you, I love you!

Definitely, the best luck this mama's EVER had...

{Say Hey by Michael Franti and Spearhead}

Hibernating

A family of bears came to visit last week.

They built a cave.

It came complete with the night sky,

{reminding them to sleep}

a wallpaper of snowflakes,

{reminding them it was winter out}

and lots of pillows.

They also stashed the necessities:

water and marshmallows.

Unfortunately, days after waking up

it is STILL winter outside!

Sunday Morning

I was uploading my pictures today and found this picture from a couple Sunday mornings ago...

We slept in, only to find this!

Sometimes these kids couldn't be more perfect!

learning patience

We have a new Smith's Marketplace,

like a 3.4 minute drive from my house.

I {♥} it, beats the socks off Walmart.

They also have these adorable,

kid sized carts.

Luke and Pais each pushed their own cart today.

I was thinking...this will be fun, cute, and I have time before lunch/nap time.

1 hour, 15 items, and 100 apologies later...

it was over but not so cute.

Naps were earned ALL around.

You might think...

...that having "Happy" come visit during the parade would make Paislee happy...

...NOPE!

But it did give BIG brother a reason to comfort his crying sister!

Playtime

I was invited to attend a play last night.

Can you guess who they were "playing"?

Cast members: Adi as the Angel, Paiz as Mary, and Luke as Joseph

Special appearances: Baby as Jesus, and stuffed dogs as the stable animals

Making wishes...

If only...

these were a cruel April Fool's joke and not what we came home to on Sunday after church.

And I am still trying to figure out why this missionary badge got such a reaction...

Happy Tuesday!

Easter Recap

Easter morning came VERY early this year! {9am church makes it tough!}

THE GIFTS...

THE HUNT...


THE TREASURE...

THE SWEETEST!

Lucky Me!

Lucky me, to have these three!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Tonights dinner conversation...

Luke: Mom, do you have a kid plate?

Mom: Yep!

Luke: But your not a kid, your a mom!

Adilynn: Its okay Luke, she will always be a child of God.


Aww shucks!

Better left unsaid!

A couple Fridays ago, I got a call from my visiting teacher. During this call she kindly asked about our family, I quickly replied that we were fine and she asked "everyone been healthy?" This surprised me..."Yes!" and the little voice inside my head got kinda excited, it was almost February and not one of my kids had been sick this winter. Opposed to last year's six month cough for Paislee, multiple trips to the dr. office, and several days of missed preschool - this was great! Of course, once I got off the phone I quickly forgot all about it - that is until 9 o'clock that night when Paislee woke up crying, only to be found covered in puke...that was the end to our sickless winter and {unfortunately} just the beginning!

Since that sweet phone call {just 14 days ago} we have had countless pukings, runny noses, runny diapers, and coughing fits. We have had 6 doctors appointments, 2 double ear infections, 3 shots, 2 prescriptions, Dimatap, Motrin, Benedryl, skipped naps, bedding changes, restless nights, early mornings...oh, and one very onery mom! I only write of this now because things are looking up - the noses are not quite so bad, the coughs aren't so nasty, the ear aches are gone and Paislee hasn't thrown up since Thursday night! Whew!

I just can't help thinking - What if that question had never been asked? What if those thoughts hadn't popped into my head? So...next time you start to ask, remember, some things are better left unsaid! :)

P.S. I must give a HUGE thanks to my wonderful husband who took his fair share in all of this and dealt with ALL of the sleepless night stuff! Thanks hun - I love you!

a visit to Santa

Last night we took a trip to see Santa Clause at the mall.

Adi and Luke were really excited to make sure he knew what they wanted, Paislee, on the other hand, would rather go without!

Merry Christmas!

Whats gonna work? TEAMWORK!

Love, love, LOVE it when my kids play well together!

School was out today, Ads and Luke built this {coolest} fort this morning while I got ready for the day and were so excited to show it off. When I went for the camera they both asked at the same time if I would put it on my blog. CUTE!

BOO HOO :(

Remember those cute pumpkins Adi and Luke picked out at Hee Haw Farm last week?

Well, Saturday we took them to my friend Emily's new house and they did some super cool painting on them...

Adi had a very colorful, polk-a-dotty theme, and she even added some ribbon around the bottom as a dress...
Luke had a scary black and yellow swirl theme going on...and then we brought them home and proudly displayed them on our front steps for all the "hood" to see....
Uhhh, nope! Your eyes are definitely not betraying you and I didn't post the wrong picture, and no, they aren't in dads car (luke checked) - somebody's "hood"lums stole those cute pumpkins right off our front steps! Definitely a very, very, very sad day!

All I can say is..."hey dumb kids! Next time walk up 2 more steps and take the ones that haven't {OBVIOUSLY} been lovingly decorated by little kids!"

Fall Faux Pas

So, Steph and I decided last week that we would take the fam up AF canyon to look at the leaves and take family pics in the same trip. Great idea, right? Ummm yeah, we thought so too...until we got there! This is my first picture, I know I should have stopped, right then - put the kids back in the car, kept driving and continued enjoying the beautiful scenery but ....NO!

Keep in mind that Steph and her super cool camera were the official pic takers, Mike and I kinda just played around a bit with ours. The real stuff is yet to be seen (Steph went out of town the next day) so cross your fingers for us!

Don't let the prev 2 pics fool you - they were off the "rocks" crazy!

This was the best of all three on my camera - it looks like they were all looking at Steph. OOOPS! Adi - get your finger out of your ear! I have officially decided that it is impossible to get a decent picture with 3 kids!

Cruisin'

Yesterday, we took a quick trip to the zoo with a few friends in between school and dance. The weather was perfect and most of the animals were up and about - except that darn tiger - he is always napping! Oh, the life!

This little guy was pretty much a pill the WHOLE time! Notice how he is running in this picture? Yup, that's what he did our entire trip - ran! (away from me, I might add!)

Ad's fav part was finally getting a chance to sit on the elephant trunk (usually there is a bazillion kids). They all think its pretty funny when he sneezes water out of his trunk!

Paislee was an angel at the zoo (as always) but our shopping trip while Adi was at dance was the highlight of her day - she got to drive the car with Lukey! Who new she was big enough? Ain't they cute?

Ice cream cones, corn and cell phones

Yesterday, we were busy, busy, busy with lots of fun!

{Today - not so busy and feeling kinda crappy so I thought I would try and lift the spirits by recapping our fun-filled day!}

First off, I got to go help in Adi's class for the very first time yesterday! I mostly just did office work for Mrs. Christensen but I did get to see Ads for a few minutes and watch her put her pickle into the letter muncher for P day!

{yes, she thought of it on her own and couldn't wait to eat it as soon as school was out}

Luke and Paislee got to play with Isaac while I was out and Luke couldn't have been happier

{well, maybe if Logan hadn't been at preschool}

Once school got out, we met up with the Pickle's and took a quick trip to the farm @ TP. But, not before eating yummy lunch at the deli and getting ice cream cones for the kids. This is always a bit stressful to me - the kids don't like to stay seated, there are lots of lines and drinks that are sure to be spilled {only 2 yesterday - Paislee grabbed Ike's and Logan dropped his} but the food is so delicious that we made it through and it was totally worth it! The ice cream cones were the highlight - Paislee thought she was sooo cool and ate every bite on her own! {She has become quite the eater in the last week or so - we are hoping this will help her grow and maybe hit 20lbs in the near future!}

Afterwards, we headed to the farm. Adi and Logan lead the way and knew just what they wanted to do...they played in the jail, pet the big horses, rode the ponies and fed the goats, chickens and turkeys. This last task was the favorite - they all filled their pockets with corn and went around letting the animals eat right out of their hands, okay, Luke was a little afraid so he just threw it at them. Both of my kids thought they would save a little corn for next time which actually ended up being corn all over my bedroom floor and all over Luke's bed. Yep, they both forgot and I emptied their pockets as I picked them up to put them in the laundry! Next time all corn will be confiscated before we leave!

After TP we had dance, naps, dinner and then a quick trip to the park before bath/bed time.

Luke was hilarious when he whipped out his cell phone {my old one} and started calling Jeremy {who was there with us} as he walked UP the slide. They had a nice little chat - it was super funny!
Mom of course forgot her camera all day long so these blurry photos are in thanks to the lovely camera phone {hoping I didn't just spend a fortune emailing them to my camera, wanna check on that Mike?}

There was our happy yesterday - now I am off to try and make this one a little happier...any suggestions?